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i can easily see and smell the smoke from the canadian fires today here in north east pa. visibility is very much decreased. i don't know how it is by dave, but it must be worse for kevin. hope the air quality is ok for both of you.
if i had a better camera i'd take some pics, but then again i don't have pics from clear days for comparison. i need to start taking more pictures....
welcome to the past few summers in the bay area where the air quality index stayed above 500 work weeks at a time
Type https://www.iqair.com/us/ in your browser then add in your zip code to find your local air quality. Right now we had rain and wind today so our index number is an excellent 16
It is bad here. Yesterday, looking out toward a fence line I thought it was humidity induced haze----only to find out it was smoke! :uhuh:
Like sitting downwind of a smudge pot.
Our Canadian guest has arrived.. 16 miles west of White House, one mile east of NRA museum.. sky looks like an episode of Twilight Zone..
It is not uncommon for us to get smoke from fires in Mexico. I feel your pain.
I have also figured out the red/orange and dim full moon :doh:
It is windy today---gusts to 17 mph---and the smoke is worse. Looking at the same fence line from the same position it is much more obscured today. :yuck:
the closest town to me that is on that site has the air quality at 205/unhealthyQuote:
Originally Posted by TriGuy
309 here
34 for me.
I just looked out to find it noticeably worse---and when I checked that site it is now 411.
Added in edit:
This just in the NYT:
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New York City Air Quality Hits Worst Level on Record
The sky in New York City rapidly darkened as a plume of smoke from Canadian wildfires blotted out the sun and triggered air pollution warnings.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York called the worsening air quality “an emergency crisis,” and warned it could last several days.
We're seeing a hazy ski - which were first caused by CA wildfires but are now caused by Canada's. It all probably would be worse if not for our healthy Winter precipitation (or, did that just add more fuel, TG?).
Hunter
I just saw some video of NYC on the nightly news. This is not good at all. If the residents didn't already have breathing problems, a lot of them will now.
I just got done my PA Dutch class. I am allergic to smoke---I can hardly breath and that is with the house closed up and the AC running---I need to get some chemicals!:down:
Eric's site says I'm at 34
AIRNOW, the goober mint site say I'm at 257.
:confused:
air now has my location as unavailabe
iqair has us at 51
wunderground has us at 261
:dunno:
282 and climbing here
DC area is in a code Maroon.. two steps worse than a code Red..
I learned something, code purple and maroon are more serious than code red..
Is this what LA and Pittsburgh Smog was like?
TV “tower cams” can not see the District skyline, just like in a snow storm..
It is! I happened to be in Pittsburgh on a day with an inversion (early 70's) and it was so bad they shut down all the steel mills. We had a survey crew working on one of the Interstates downtown. It was on a Friday and they wanted to finish the ramp they were working on. One of the crew had an asthma attack---he didn't make it home :uhuh:
Between 1970 and 74 I flew in and out of Pittsburgh on a regular basis---I only had occasional views of the airport. Chicago O'Hare was about the same-----but worst of all was LAX---I could see the smog "tower" from Nevada.
It is 299 here now---it stinks and no it does not smell like a camp fire :bleh:
120 and falling. Change is in the wind...
yup 220 and falling here now. looks like rain too
157 this morning, the fence line trees are green again and there are patches of blue in the sky :clap:
DC area down to code Orange.. Orange is good today..
The monolithic gray/brown sky we have been seeing daily has been replaced by a far more normal sky with clouds at multiple layers and patches of blue---we might even get some rain :clap:
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That is one heck of an improvement from ----DEADLY:rolleyes2:
Today is a green day----with AQI at 49 :cool: :cheer:
i'm at 71, still a great improvement Thumbup
Back up to 77 here :down: